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Female genitalia (slides 10366 and 10661): Area surrounding 

 ostium membranous. Ventral lip of ostium spatulate, about half 

 as long as ductus bursae. Ductus bursae sclerotized in posterior 

 half. Inception of ductus seminalis at middle of ductus bursae. 



Type: Masatierra: Villagra (Feb. 22, 1951). 



Figure 24. — Juania pepita, new species: 24, ventral view of female genitalia; 24a, lateral 

 aspect of posterior structures of female genitalia, enlarged. 



Described from the type female and four female paratypes, as 

 follows: Masatierra: Villagra, 3 99 (Feb. 22, 1951); Bahia Cumber- 

 land, 9 (Mar. 10, 1951). 



The specimens of this species are not in good condition but, taken 

 together, it is possible to give an accurate description. Because of 

 the considerable infuscation, the pattern is much obscured in some 

 specimens, this type of variability being the rule rather than the 

 exception, in this genus. All of the species of the group to which 



